Arrange basic agricultural operations in the usual farming cycle: Items: (a) Sowing (b) Manuring (c) Ploughing (d) Harvesting (e) Watering Choose the correct field-operation sequence.

Introduction / Context:
Farming tasks follow a practical field cycle from soil preparation to crop collection. The question checks your grasp of the typical order.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• c = Ploughing (soil preparation).
• a = Sowing (placing seeds).
• e = Watering (irrigation for germination/early growth).
• b = Manuring (nutrient application).
• d = Harvesting (final collection).

Concept / Approach:
Prepare the field, sow, support early growth with water, feed nutrients as crop establishes, then harvest mature produce.

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:
Manuring may also occur at multiple stages, but in a simple cycle, early irrigation before heavy manuring is common to support germination first.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• Sequences starting with sowing/ploughing swapped ignore necessary soil prep.
• Harvesting before manuring/watering is illogical.

Common Pitfalls:
Treating manuring as always-before-sowing; while basal manures exist, the basic educational sequence used here places watering early for germination and manuring post-establishment.

Final Answer:
(c), (a), (e), (b), (d)